Traces the history of research into and knowledge about the asteroids, and describes their composition and their effects on the Earth and the Moon.
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Curtis Peebles has published ten books and more than forty articles. He is the author of Watch the Skies: A Chronicle of the Flying Saucer Myth (1994) and coauthor of Flying Without Wings (1999), both published by the Smithsonian Institution Press.
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Halbleinen. Zustand: Gut. vii, 280 S., 23cm Zustand: Halbleineneinband, Vorderdeckel an der Unterkante bestoßen, Schutzumschlag (an der vorderen unteren Ecke bestoßen und knapp eingerissen, sonst sehr gut --- Inhalt: Curtis Peebles surveys the science of asteroids, offering a highly readable account of the many ways in which they form out of the flotsam and jetsam of larger celestial bodies, the dust and debris of space. He adds to this scientific overview an anecdotal history of asteroid discovery and detection, which, he writes, was often the work of gifted astronomers working with less than ideal equipment, and all too often dismissed by their professional counterparts. Peebles discusses in detail the rules by which asteroids are catalogued and named--some, for instance, bear the monikers of eminent scientists, others of their patrons, and still others of more unlikely honorees, such as the group of asteroids named for the various Beatles. He also touches on efforts to protect Earth from asteroid impacts--the father of that planetary defense being none other than the poet Lord Byron--which he calls "the only natural disaster that human society can prevent." KK-PS23-5 ISBN: 9781560983897 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 550. Artikel-Nr. 67919
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